Poll: Yuletide! Yay!

[thefourthvine]

I am very excited about yuletide, and I've been bouncing around like a crazed thing since I signed up. (This is the Anticipation phase of Yuletide. Yes, there are phases of Yuletide. Yes, I have actually written them down. I know, I know, so pathetic, but it's an important thing to me, okay? I was never that excited about the holidays as a kid, but as an adult, Yuletide makes me absolutely delirious with joy.)

Anyway. I deal with the Anticipation phase (This is actually Anticipation Part One, because sign-ups are still open. When they close, I will start hard-core Anticipation. It is dangerous to come within seven feet of me during that time.) in many ways, but in part by refreshing the requested fandoms list, so that I can admire the shiny numbers climbing ever higher. (Plus, this year, there is a festival of gold and green to admire there. You can even see how many people asked for and volunteered for a given fandom. It is the coolest thing ever!)

But the site went down briefly today. Suddenly, I had no outlet for my Yuletide glee. Hence, this poll.

And if any of you have friends listers who are also doing Yuletide, I'd love it if you'd point 'em over here, 'cause I don't know how many of my own friends listers are. (You all should, though. You get a story! In a tiny fandom of your choosing! And you can write a story that will make someone else's heart sing! And this year there is no qualifying requirement! Go, sign up, and then come back and take the poll!)

Yeah, yeah. 'Tis the season to abuse exclamation marks and the Create Poll function on LJ. Happy holidays!

[Poll #855532]

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[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

Last year I went nuts with the offering, and ended up having to write a thousand-word story for the song "Tweeter and the Monkeyman."

*giggles*

I saw that on the Big Huge List of All Fandoms Ever and immediately went, "But - wait! If you can request songs as fandoms, I have other things to nominate!" It was too late, of course.

But next year, I am so nominating "Jesse's Girl" (An '80s song that I am convinced is actually totally about transference - I mean, Jesse is the narrator's friend, and he just - well. I think narrator needs to ask himself whether he wants the girl, who doesn't even get a name, or Jesse. Threesome fic!) and "Appetite for Lightin' Dynamite" (It's by Citizen Cope, and it is, well. Very evocative. Darren/Ava would be awesome beyond all things.).

So, hey, next year, the story-about-a-song that you aren't writing could be for me!

But I hear you on the challenges of getting 1,000 words out of a three-minute song. And you can't even pad your word count with guitar solos.

And before that, when it was still rare pairings AND rare fandoms, I wrote a Frannie/Welsh Due South story that is still a favorite of mine.

One of my favorites, too. It's fabulous.

And, damn. Now I want to re-read it, and the archive's closed.

*off to check your site*